Helminth Parasites of Rails and Host-Parasite Relationships of the Trematode Protechinostoma mucronisertulatum

Authors

Bryce C. Redington
Martin J. UlmerFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

In a survey of 15 soras (Porzana carolina) and 31 Virginia rails (Rallus limicola) collected in Iowa during May-September 1963, Protechinostoma mucronisertulatum was the most frequently encountered trematode of the sora. It does not occur in the Virginia rail. Experimentally-developed metacercariae and adults were obtained and host-parasite relationships studied with special reference to annual incidence of infection in snails. Additional helminths of the sora and the Virginia rail include several representing new host records.

Publication Date

1966

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

73

Issue

1

First Page

391

Last Page

405

Copyright

©1966 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Redington, Bryce C. and Ulmer, Martin J. (1966) "Helminth Parasites of Rails and Host-Parasite Relationships of the Trematode Protechinostoma mucronisertulatum," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 73(1), 391-405.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol73/iss1/58